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krysilis 
Disgruntled follower of THEosalie
(10/16/00 4:29:14 pm)
 | Re: Hey Nico!
Edited by: krysilis at: 10/16/00 4:29:14 pm
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ready writer
Fact Finder of THEosalie
(10/16/00 4:32:11 pm)
| From THE History channel
October 16, 1793
During their attempted flight to Austria, Marie and Louis were apprehended at Varennes, France, and carried back to Paris. There, Louis was forced to accept THE constitution of 1791, which reduced him to a mere figurehead.
On August 10, 1792, THE royal couple were arrested by THE sans-cullottes and imprisoned in THE Temple, and in September, THE monarchy was abolished by THE National Convention.
THE next January, Louis was convicted of treason and condemned to death by a bare majority of one vote. On January 21, 1793, Louis walked steadfastly to THE guillotine in THE Place de la Revolution in Paris and was executed. Nine months later, Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason by a tribunal, and on October 16, she followed her husband to THE guillotine.
Edited by: ready writer at: 10/16/00 4:32:11 pm
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WEareTHE
False God of WayDale
(10/16/00 4:34:46 pm)
| No executions!
WEareTHE by constitutional right, because WE constitute THE thread.
But WE will not allow any violence.
THE and THEosalie may remain as figureheads.
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ready writer
Fact Finder of THEosalie
(10/16/00 4:38:40 pm)
| Hey, Krys, good to have you here!
October 16, 1991
On a Sunday afternoon in Killeen, Texas, George Jo Hennard drives his pickup truck through THE plate glass window of Luby's Cafeteria and begins firing indiscriminately into THE crowded restaurant with a semi-automatic pistol. THE deranged Hennard kills twenty-two people and wounds twenty before turning THE gun on himself.
Present in THE restaurant is Dr. Suzanna Gratia, whose mother and father are killed by Hennard as she narrowly escapes being shot herself. After recovering from THE tragedy, Gratia becomes a fierce advocate of THE right to carry concealed handguns in public places, and leads a popular movement that results in THE approval of THE Texas Concealed Handgun License in 1995.
In 1996, she is elected to THE U.S. Congress as Texas Representative Suzanna Gratia Hupp, and becomes one of Congress' most vocal proponents of THE right to bear arms.
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ready writer
Fact Finder of THEosalie
(10/16/00 4:42:01 pm)
| Time for Reform!
October 16, 1911
In 1911, THE Progressive Party was searching for a presidential candidate to help them wage war against THE ever-expanding corporations that they felt were engulfing THE nation. THE party had once nominated Teddy Roosevelt, but THE former president, who had allowed THE United States Steel Corporation to grow into an industry-dominating giant, was hardly a model trust-buster.
So, on this day, THE Progressives gave THE nod to Republican reformer Robert LaFollette. However, fatigue prevented LaFollette from carrying THE nomination through to THE convention and he was quickly replaced by THE more trust-friendly Roosevelt.
Despite his populist appeal and previous experience in THE Oval Office, Roosevelt went on to lose THE general election to William Howard Taft.
WEareTHE! WE cannot lose! Let's have an election, too!
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ready writer
Fact Finder of THEosalie
(10/16/00 4:43:38 pm)
| Today is THE day!
October 16, 2000
(Reuters) Marking THE fifth anniversary of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's ``Million Man March,'' thousands of people rallied in Washington on Monday in a family event that includes a mass wedding ceremony on THE Mall. Organizers of Farrakhan's ``Million Family March,'' also backed by THE Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, hope to mobilize a million families to underscore THE importance of THE family in a society where marriage looks to some like an endangered institution.
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ready writer
Fact Finder of THEosalie
(10/16/00 4:46:52 pm)
| Time for reform!
October 16, 2000
(Reuters) A group that gives free legal aid to condemned prisoners describes Texas's vigorous death penalty system as ``thoroughly flawed'' in a comprehensive report due out today, THE Washington Post reported. THE Texas Defender Service said THE state's capital punishment process was marred by ``racial bias, incompetent defense counsel, and misconduct committed by police officers and prosecutors,'' citing a review of hundreds of death penalty cases in THE nation's busiest execution state.
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ready writer
Fact Finder of THEosalie
(10/16/00 4:47:37 pm)
| Time for reform!
October 16, 2000
In THE report, titled ``A State of Denial: Texas Justice and THE Death Penalty,'' THE Texas Defender Service describes how capital murder defendants, most of them indigent, receive token legal representation during their life-or-death trials, then are thwarted in their appeals by rules meant to limit their arguments and hasten their dates with THE executioner. ``In this report WE have assembled an unprecedented volume of objective evidence that raises profound questions about THE fairness of how and when THE death penalty is applied,'' wrote THE authors, who are affiliated with THE group.
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ready writer
Fact Finder of THEosalie
(10/16/00 4:48:55 pm)
| Time for reform!
October 16, 2000
Addressing alleged racial bias, THE authors cite THE need for more statewide research, but said their data found ``a clear pattern of disparity in THE punishment meted out to those convicted of killing whites as compared to those convicted of killing non-whites, despite THE fact that black males are THE most likely murder victims,'' according to THE Post. THE report says, about one in four murder victims in Texas is a black male. But since THE U.S. Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume in 1976, THE report says, only 0.4 percent of prisoners executed in Texas have been put to death for murdering black victims.
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ready writer
Fact Finder of THEosalie
(10/16/00 4:57:14 pm)
| Time for reform!
October 16, 2000
THE report also cited 84 cases in which a Texas prosecutor or police officer ``deliberately presented false or misleading testimony, concealed exculpatory evidence, or used notoriously unreliable evidence from a jailhouse snitch,'' THE Post said. In 79 percent of THE death penalty appeals that were studied, Texas judges handling THE cases at THE initial stage affirmed THE verdicts and sentences without conducting hearings, basing their decisions ``merely on whatever documents were submitted'' by defense lawyers and prosecutors.
M&A, anyone? When all LCs heard was what BCs told them? When LCM M&A'd threats to his continuing in error?
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ready writer
Fact Finder of THEosalie
(10/16/00 4:58:41 pm)
| Time for more reform!
October 16, 2000
(Reuters) - Supporters of new Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica tightened their grip on power today with a deal securing early elections and a place in government in Serbia, THE country's dominant republic.
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Fact Finder of THEosalie
(10/16/00 4:59:32 pm)
| Time for more reform!
October 16, 2000
THE reformers announced a deal which sets Serbian parliamentary elections for December 23 and provides for a transitional government sharing power among Kostunica's allies and THE Socialists of ousted leader Slobodan Milosevic. Although a mass uprising forced THE authoritarian Milosevic to admit defeat in last month's presidential election, THE Socialists and their backers remained dominant in THE Serbian government, THE seat of real power in Yugoslavia.
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Fact Finder of THEosalie
(10/16/00 5:00:23 pm)
| Time for more reform!
October 16, 2000
But THE Socialists recognized that THE defeat of Milosevic, their absolute leader for more than a decade at THE center of a vast network of power, on a wave of pro-democracy sentiment meant that they could not continue to run Serbia on their own. ``Our goal was to have early elections because we've found ourselves in a very unpleasant situation where existing institutions in Serbia do not have sufficient authority to rule THE country,'' said Zoran Djinjic, a top Kostunica backer.
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ready writer
Fact Finder of THEosalie
(10/16/00 5:04:28 pm)
| Time for more reform!
October 16, 2000
Supporters of Kostunica, a 56-year-old constitutional lawyer sworn in just over a week ago, were anxious to neutralize at least THE Serbian government until THE elections, at which they aim to sweep THE Socialists from power completely.
Under THE terms of THE deal made today, THE Socialists retain THE post of prime minister but THE new head of government has to take decisions by consensus with two deputy prime ministers, one from each of THE two main reformist forces.
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WEareTHE
False God of WayDale
(10/16/00 5:35:17 pm)
| Consensus
Based on THE facts, perhaps WE were too harsh to call for THE and THEosoalie to be mere figureheads.
THE successor to THE may continue in her position, but no more of these meetings shrouded in THE Mount of ODD to make decisions.
WE will reach consensus, openly.
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WEareTHE
False God of WayDale
(10/16/00 5:36:19 pm)
| Consensus
First on the agenda, what will be THESteve's title?
What say WE?
Steve, you have asked, Now, what do you suggest?
Then, what say WE all about it?
Then, after agreement is reached, THE moderator may execute THE will of WE.
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WEareTHE
False God of WayDale
(10/16/00 5:37:25 pm)
| Consensus
WE will recognize THE will of WE as WE all communicate!
No more of this uninformed leaders making uninformed decisions stuff.
We will follows who leads.
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ready writer
Fact Finder of THEosalie
(10/16/00 8:25:08 pm)
| Consensus: Steve's title
I say he should be called
Fleafrom Proclamation
until he is shaved.
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WEareTHE
False God of WayDale
(10/16/00 10:09:24 pm)
| THE three
Gotta get THE numbers up
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WEareTHE
False God of WayDale
(10/16/00 10:10:29 pm)
| THE three
This little piggy went on posting
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